Grade and Banding

Competencies

Competencies are an entirely new feature in the new Salaried Primary
Dental Care Service (SPDCS) contract which define the three new pay
bands. The competencies have been designed to give the SPDCS a set of
basic core skills that would be expected for the whole clinical
workforce at each of the main grades. The competencies are laid out in
groups of ‘frameworks’ covering core skills and the level of ability
relevant for the grade. It is not required for each dentist to
meet every competency, simply the ones relevant to their job.

Grading:

Bands A and B each have a defined basic core
competency (the "gateway competency") that must be achieved in order to
progress further up each pay spine.

Band C Managers have service complexity levels that relate to the competencies for their grade.

If you have a grade or banding query the downloadable documents below
may help to resolve any queries in the first instance. If further
advice is required please contact a member of the Employment Relations
Team on 020 75634582 or employmentrelationsadvisors@bda.org